Bent County register., 1887-03-19
Music IN the saloons

Big real estate transfers yester.
day.
Good time at the hop Thursday
night
The stages pull out daily for the
south loaded down
There has been ready sale for
straw hats this week.
-SPivey g. Holmes Bros. run a
delivery wagon.
E. c. Clark, of Wichita, was in
town Wednesday.
DR.. Dulin was among the Gar.
den city visitors yesterday.
Mrs. ID. Igo went to Newton.
Kansas, Tuesday night to visit rela-
tives.
w. B. Pickett, photographer,
was taking views of the city We'd
nesday.
The ladies sewing society me,
at Mrs. Rawlings residence Thurs
day.
DR.. cummings goes to Las Ami
mas every other day now, instead of
every day.
j. E. Drury, from Kingman,
Kansas, was here yesterday and filed
on timber claim.
-Lingcr, Patton, Sharple.s Il co.
have made nearly a hundred filings
this week.
DIR. Arnold is down at Wichita
talkiB. Lamar and will run an e1cur.
sion from that city to Lamar.
Staples & Miller have opened a
branch real estate Office ut Las Ami
mas and one Mt coolidge.
VIII and Ed Heinz and Deputy
Sheriff Toby, of Dodge City, were
il town Wednesday.
j. W. Stanley, general agent of
the Gar.ien city daily Sentinel was
in the city yesterday.
John I. Lee, e.litor of the clark
county Kansas chief, was ttkin. in
tile sights ia Lamar yesterday.
Rev. II. l.. Beardsley was down
10 Granada Thursday and preached
for them in the evening
The Lsmar Sparks is to he the
name OF thn new paper and it is ex
prcted 10 issue the first number next
Thursday.
C. ID. Phillips, e.li;or of the La
Junta Tribune, was anon, the news
paper men in the city yesterday.
Ono hundred filings were made
in the land Office Wednesday, and
nearly as many every day this week.
-Mr. and Mrs. God.ling, father
and mother of ]. +. Godding, arriv-
cd here Thursday morning on visit.
j. +. Sterling, from Chctopa,
Kansas, has been in town several
days and has taken up a homestead
and timber claims.
&C +. comstock, editor of the
Las Animas Democrat, attended the
club hop Thursday evening and spcu
yesterday in the city.
Mr.. Zimerman, of the firm of
Bent tS u iuerm,n, is down at Gra-
nadia surveying an addition to that
town.
Mr.. Hill is building an addition
to his house that is larger than the
original, and will be when complet.
ed one of the best houses in town.
Captain Munger was up from
Garden City Monday aud let the con-
trict for another dwelling house.
The Captain will own a pretty good
sized town here himself if he keeps
OH.
There was four or FIVE old news
paper publisher called on us yester-
day aud examined the license the
city of Lamar had placed on US for
booming the town. They had never
seen one before
The ladies' of Lamar take great
pleasure in driving out these beauti
full days and seem not afraid to han
die the ribbons over most any team
The two accidents within the pas
ten days to ladies driving in the cit,
may make them a li:tle cautious il
driving spirited horses
While Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Roll
ings were out riding in Mrs. Smith''
pheton yesterday afternoon the team
became frightened and whirling
around upset the buggy, throwing
the ladies out. Mrs. Smiths lef
arm was badly bruised and Mrs
Rollings received sprained ankl,
and slight injury to her head
| Rnth Ladies' wer,. badly Jared huI